Paid for by taxpayers in… Polk County
6/19/2013Amount: $1,070.91
To: Barco Municipal Products Inc. (Ottawa, Kan.)
For: Purchase of 24 angle iron-leg barricades at about $40 each and $112.35 in shipping fees for the Highway Department.
Amount: $671.50
To: Central Iowa Hospital Corp.
For: Payment for services conducting 39 on-site hearing tests at $17 each, with otoscopic exams and a full report for the Public Works employees on May 1, including $8.50 in mileage reimbursement.
Amount: $2,065
To: Central Iowa Hospital Corp.
For: Payment for services conducting 59 HeartReach Mobile Lab screening measuring heart rates at Polk County Senior Services on May 15 ($35 per test).
Amount: $1,279.26
To: Cook’s Correctional (Chicago, Ill.)
For: Purchase of kitchen supplies for the Polk County Jail, including two spring-action Whips by Best Manufacturing ($149.99 each), six Vollrath Dishers (at $15.99 each), two Bunn coffee filters ($14.49 each), plus other items such as knives ($27.99 each), can openers ($131.99 each), four-quart pitchers ($16.79 each), squeegees ($27.79 each), a $121.29 mop and $88 in shipping and handling.
Amount: $473.62
To: Fareway Grocery Store
For: Purchase of caramels, candy, mint patties, Jello and other food items for the volunteer breakfast at the Altoona congregate meal site on April 18 through the Senior Services Administration ($25.46), other food and drink items for senior parties ($112.80) and a volunteer breakfast in Altoona ($121.60).
Amount: $865.95
To: Jeffrey G. Foster
For: Payment for workers’ compensation disability claim.
Amount: $17,101.46
To: Insight Public Sector (Dallas, Texas)
For: Payment for contracted software including $13,200 for 11 units of Microsoft Windows Azure, each with a one-month subscription, plus technical support ($3,600).
Amount: $127,893.20
To: Integraph Corp. (Chicago, Ill.)
For: Payment for information technology equipment maintenance as well as other repairs and maintenance at the jail.
Amount: $1,374.14
To: International City/County Management Association
For: Payment for 2013 membership dues for County Administrator David A. Jones.
Amount: $1,145.44
To: Iowa Prison Industry
For: Purchase of street, railroad crossing and speed limit and advisory signs for the county engineer’s office.
Salaries and Such
Name: Maya Steinitz
Title: Associate professor of law
Department: University of Iowa College of Law
Years of service: Since fall of 2011
Annual salary: $164,101.64
Travel
The Des Moines City Council recently approved economic development coordinator Erin Olson to travel to Denver, Colo., from June 19-23, to attend a conference sponsored by the American Institute of Architects. The conference is said to provide training sessions and tours, offer opportunities to observe and learn about examples of urban retail, transit and associated development/redevelopment, urban infill and mixed use residential districts and public art. This comes at a $2,339 cost to local tax payers. CV